A new North East festival is bursting onto the summer circuit, after securing some of the biggest bands in British music.
Down To The Woods in County Durham is boasting some serious ammunition as it announces more outstanding acts for two days of live music on August 13 and 14 2016
Multi-platinum selling Chase and Status have been named as one of the headliners, alongside Scottish legends Primal Scream, with platinum selling Catfish and the Bottlemen - undoubtedly one of the most exciting guitar bands to hit the music industry in a decade - also added to the bill.
Chase and Status, set to headline 50,000 capacity festivals elsewhere, will be headlining the 10,000 capacity Down To The Woods. The duo, known for their incendiary live performances, bang out their multiple number ones with tracks like Blind Faith.
The exponents of drum and bass have also produced tracks for mammoth acts such as Rhianna, Rita Ora and Example and, with fans such as Pharrell Williams and Jay Z, the Down To The Woods crowd are assured of a huge performance.
“Chase & Status haven’t performed live in this set up for a number of years,” said event organiser Jonathan Woodliffe, “so it’s a massive coup for us to bag them for Down To The Woods and let our festival-goers enjoy a superb festival at an incredibly affordable price”.
Scottish heroes Primal Scream, will bring their huge back catalogue of anthems like ‘Rocks’. Movin’ On Up’ and ‘Loaded’ as well as tunes from their latest album.
Catfish and the Bottlemen have taken the UK by storm and are one of the biggest live acts around with huge tracks like ‘Kathleen’, ‘Cocoon’ and ‘Soundcheck’.
Festival artist booker, tinyCOW’s Lee O’Hanlon, said, “We’re absolutely delighted to land an amazing line up like this. Primal Scream, Chase and Status, Catfish and the Bottlemen, loads more incredible acts and even more yet to come.
“Primal Scream headline much larger festivals in their own right and Catfish and the Bottlemen have already sold out the 8,000 capacity Manchester Castlefield Bowl this summer, putting in context what a massive coup securing all of these great acts really is.”
The brilliant line up doesn’t stop there. Other acts include Radio One favourites Vant and Clean Cut Kid.
Echo and the Bunnymen bring their massive tunes, including the anthemic ‘Nothing Lasts Forever’ and The Selecter will deliver their ‘ska with bite’ on the main stage, whilst newer acts such as The Jacques will further contribute to one of the coolest festival line-ups around.
Down To The Woods’ captivatingly named Foxes Folly Stage will deliver some of the very best new acts in the country, championed by headliners The Sunshine Underground and Peter Hook & The Light led by the former Joy Division and New Order frontman.
Other acts set to appear on this stage during the weekend include hotly tipped artists like Kloe, Holy Esque, Pixel Fix, Kagoule, Fronteers, White, Inheaven, Neon Waltz, No Hot Ashes, Tempesst, The Americas, The Barmines, Weekend Sun, Broken Witt Rebels, The White Negroes, exciting solo artist Joe Crookall and future County Durham hero Joe Treacy, with even more acts to be announced soon.
The line-up for a third stage, Badgers Den, will also be announced in the coming weeks, with a focus on live comedy and DJs.
Published on 22 April 2016 by Ben Robinson
